Report: Jersey City woman slashes boyfriend; he says it's not first time

A Jersey City woman has been charged with slashing her boyfriend during an argument early yesterday, officials said.

Kai M. Bryant, 31, of Carteret Avenue, was arrested at 12:30 a.m. and charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses related to a 12-inch kitchen knife, a police report says.

Officers responding to the couple’s home found the 36-year-old victim had cuts on his right forearm and he told police Bryant grabbed the knife during an argument and began swinging it at him, a report says.

Bryant was still inside the apartment with the couple’s 6-year-old son and she would not answer the door so police forced entry, arrested her and safeguarded the child, a report says.

The victim refused medical attention and he took custody of the child, a report says, adding, he told police that it was not the first time Bryant had cut him.

Say he had box
cutter, stolen phone

Jersey City police caught up to a group chasing a man with a box cutter and arrested him on charges he stole one of their cellphones Tuesday, officials said yesterday.

Artur Cesar, 39, of Virginia Avenue, was arrested at about 6 p.m. at Sip and West Side avenues and was charged with robbery and weapons offenses, a police report says.

Police spotted Cesar being chased by the 22-year-old victim and four others. An officer caught up to a straggler who said they were helping someone get his iPhone back, a report says. When Cesar saw the cops he handed the victim his cellphone before backup officers ordered him to the ground at gunpoint, a report says.

The victim said he was on DeKalb Avenue when he was approached by Cesar who showed him a box cutter and grabbed his phone, a report says.

He began chasing Cesar, and when he yelled for help, the others joined the pursuit, a report says.

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’Sniff’ out drug
charge in sweep

HOBOKEN Police arrested two men Tuesday who they say were smoking marijuana in a Harrison Street stairwell.

Police said they were conducting a building sweep of 311 Harrison St. around 8:47 p.m. when one of the officers noticed a strong smell of burning marijuana coming from the stairwell.

Officers said they followed the smell to the ninth floor where they found Javione Lessane, 27, of Union City, and Alexander Gutierrez, 25, of North Bergen, sitting on the steps in a smoke filled space.

According to police reports, Lessane ran up the stairs after seeing the officers, but he was soon chased down.

Both men were charged with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, intent to distribute within 500 feet of federal housing, intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of paraphernalia, and criminal trespass, police reports said.

Lessane was additionally charged with possession of paraphernalia with intent to distribute and resisting arrest.